SUI adds four journalism staff members and on leave professor
Four new additions join the SUI school of journalism including Charles Barnum John Davenport and professors John Lund and Walter Steigleman on leave from Indiana University Steigleman will return to Indiana in September Barnum has long journalism roots dating back to 1927 and Davenport serves as circulation director for the Daily Iowan and Frivol Lund previously led UC Berkeley’s journalism department and authored works on newspaper advertising Davenport adds expertise in newspaper management and circulation
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Charles Barnum
John Davenport
John Lund
Walter Steigleman
Steigleman
Indiana University
SUI
Indiana
Barnum
Telegraph
Burlington Ia
Hawk-Eye
Evening and Sunday Star
Peoria
Til
Montgomery Ward and Co
Chicago
Bureau County Republican
Princeton
Ill
Saturday Evening Post
Colliers
Esquire
Coronet
Lund
College of Commerce
School of Journalism
University of California
Norway
American-Scandinavian Foundation
Prentice-Hall
Iowan
Frivol
SUI Humor Magazine
SUI Davenport
University of Ilinois
William D. Brown Company
Dubuque
Davenport
Barnes Appointed Director To Radio Journalism Council
Prof. Arthur Barnes of the SAT school of journalism began a three year term as director on the council of radio journalism on January 1. The council, formed five years ago, operates as a cooperative enterprise to raise radio news standards through joint action by the American Association of Schools and Departments of Journalism and the National Association of Broadcasters.
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Arthur Barnes
SAT
Council of Radio Journalism
American Association of Schools and
Departments of Journalism
National Association, of Broadcasters
New Instructor Heads Writing Course at SUI
Prof. Walter Steigleman has taken over two magazine and fiction writing courses at the SUI school of journalism while Prof. William Porter is on leave in New York City. Steigleman outlines idea collection and assigns articles to students. Porter serves as editor of Time’s FYI and teaches fiction at NYU Feb to mid May.
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SUI School of Journalism
William Porter
Walter Steigleman
Indiana University
Steigleman
Porter
New York City
Leslie G. Moeller
SUI Journalism School
Time
FYI
New York University
SUI Praised for Studies of Weekly Newspapers
The Bureau of Newspaper Service at SUI's School of Journalism earns national notice for researching weekly papers. Prof Portmann cited its business studies and readership research, with surveys on wages, expenses, printing prices, and readability. Established 1946 under Leslie G. Moeller.
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SUI
Bureau of Newspaper Service of
School of Journalism
Victor Portmann
University of Kentucky
National Editorial Association
Chicago
SUI Bureau of Newspaper Service
Arthur Wimner
Ruth Jackson
Mary Nell Gray
Iowa
Leslie G. Moeller
Sui’s School of Journalism
Faculty Weigh Plan for New Journalists Center
Professor Leslie G Moeller says the proposed communications center on campus is in flux while journalism faculty study alternate preliminary floor plans by George Horner. Final building arrangements remain undecided as the state legislature has appropriated 525000 for the first unit with further units to follow.
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Leslie G. Moeller
SUI School of Journalism
Journalism
George Horner
Division of Planning and Construction
Moeller
Measure Your Publication Appeal by Bernard Stern
Bernard Stern, SUI workshop instructor, wrote Measure Your Publication Appeal for Scholastic Editor December 1949. The article discusses a reader interest survey on Frivol, SUI's humor magazine, conducted last year by Jean ShQuist. Survey results will be summarized in a future piece.
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Bernard Stern
SUI News
Scholastic Editor
Stern
Frivol
SUI
Jean Shoquist
Scholastic
National Scholastic Press Association
National Association of Journalism Directors
Publisher Can't Escape He Lives with 3 Writers
The Pownall family in Iowa City shares journalism in a spread of roles. Frederick M. Pownall, director of publications at SUE, leads The Daily Iowan. wife Dorothy Pownall edits society news and writes poetry. daughters Eleanor and Mary Dorothy work as editor and writer respectively. Ted Ashby, Mrs Pownall’s brother, writes for the Boston Globe. The clan’s literary footprint extends to the Ladies Home Journal and Publisher’s Weekly, with Mary Manners a Cedar Rapids Gazette pen name. The family’s newsroom ties keep them constantly “talking shop.”
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Frederick M. Pownall
Pownall
SUE
Daily Iowan
Iowa Cityess-Citizen
Pane Pownalls
Iowa City
Des Moines Capitol
Des Moines Register
St. Paul
Ladies Home Journal
Ted Ashby
Pownalls
Des Moines
Boston Globe
Iowa
Des Moines Tribune
Eleanor
The
Dorothy
S Weekly
Visiting Professor Praises SUI Journalism Facilities
Oliver Smith head of Brigham Young University journalism on leave for PhD visits Iowa City. He says SUI journalism is well organized with adequate facilities including The Daily Iowan two radio stations and labs. Smith notes BYU has smaller program and no advanced degree but offers labs a radio station and semi weekly paper for practice. He plans to finish PhD by summer 1951 and return to BYU.
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SUI
Oliver Smith
Brigham Young University
Smith
Daily Iowan
Iowa
Provo
Utah
United Press
Brigham Young
Journalists Graduate Joins Cleveland News Copy Desk
Cleveland News hires Cleveland John Wayne Schakel a SUI journalism graduate for the copy desk. Schakel previously edited a house organ for Link-Belt Speeder Co. Cedar Rapids.
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Grad
Cleveland
John Wayne Schakel
SUI School of Journalism
Cleveland News
Schakel
Link-Belt Speeder Co
Cedar Rapids
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Radio Council
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Hawks
Friends of Action
Rey
University of Iowa
Purdue
Illinois
Wisconsin
Creighton
Minnesota
Ohio State
Marquette
Northwestern
Wheaton
Ilinois
Cedar Falls
Eric C. Wilson
Athletic Information Service
State University of Iowa
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